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Land At Sx 789 613 Dartington

3081/25/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 4 February 2026

Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use of building into Use Class E (g)(i) (office) and alterations to building

Received
17 October 2025
Ward
Dartington & Staverton
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land At Sx 789 613 Dartington. South West Devon has handled 5,838 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 8 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Dartington & Staverton.

89% of full applications at South Hams District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. Inadequate information has been provided to satisfy the Local Planning Authority that the proposal is acceptable in terms of a suitable access and a visibility splay, by reason of poor visibility and width of access, which would be detrimental to highways safety, and not provide safe vehicular access to the site, contrary to the provisions of polices DEV29 of the adopted Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan (2014- 2034) and the National Planning Policy Framework including but not limited to paragraph 115.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dartington
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2025
Consultation expiry
16 January 2026
Consultation start
12 December 2025
Consultation end
16 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: South West Devon

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